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Pachuco An American-Spanish Argot and Its Social Functions in Tucson, Arizona / George Carpenter Barker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barker, George Carpenter, 1912-1958.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish language--Dialects.
- Spanish language.
- Manners and customs.
- Gangs.
- Cant.
- Spanish language--Dialects--Arizona.
- Pachuco.
- Arizona--Tucson.
- Arizona.
- Tucson (Ariz.)--Social life and customs.
- Tucson (Ariz.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (46 pages )
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1979, 1950.
- Summary:
- George Carpenter Barker's first major research project was field work in Tucson, Arizona on the function of language in a situation of culture contact. The results of his doctoral dissertation, "Social Functions of Language in a Mexican-American Community." The data and conclusions presented in his dissertation showed his perceptiveness in cross-cultural situations. He conducted additional field work on the social functions of language in cross-cultural situations in Tucson in 1947-48. This work centered around interviews with Mexican-American youths. Barker's quiet friendliness and understanding won the confidence of boys who were operating at the fringes, and who were his informants for this Pachuco study.
- Notes:
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780816540372
- 0816540373
- OCLC:
- 1143800567
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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